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would of hurt yourself laughing. We went
over to Aunt Debby Masengill's and had lots of fun and Joe fell in love
with Martha Talbott.
You said you was coming down before you went to Maryville.
We will be very glad to see you. You...

Scott's letter signed "your affectionate husband" reveals that men in the company are circulating a petition to remove their captain. Scott hopes for peace soon, and he writes of newspapers reporting on European intervention and dissension in the...

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Well Toad, morning has come and we are all well. Henry Massengil
came here last night in the rain just before supper. Liked to have talked
us half to death. He told Neppie that his grey filly that was stolen some
time ago was in Jimmie...

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buggy broke down between
here and Bristol and he came to town with it all propped up and there
was a gentleman from Bristol that had to lead his horse. The horse
wouldn't even pull the empty buggy without he would lead him. Enough
of...

Upon returning to their home at Cherry Flat, Hord wrote to his wife, telling her that things were "as usual" at home. He described the journey from New Orleans through Jackson, Miss. and Jackson, Tenn. "I got to the Boro, all well. Our union...

Four-page letter from Beck Wallace to her cousin, Samuel R. Latta, of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, conveys her sorrow at his leaving home to fight for the Confederacy. She is deeply concerned for his wife and children. Beck, a teacher in Fayette...

This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...

Letter from G. G. Rutledge to his father G. R. Rutledge concerning a sermon by Dr. Pitts; joining a company in Greene County as a Lieutenant; the quality of volunteers for the army; purchasing new clothing; and buying flour.

Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta. This four-page letter provides information about the homelife of Mary Guthrie Latta since her husband's departure. She states that the family "is getting along as well and...

Correspondence from John G. Latta to his mother, Lucinda (Gilchrist). Letter is from her son in Boston and is dated August 17, 1861. He states that his family will leave Boston for Tennessee on September 3. He is very anxious to get home. He...